At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
78/ 100 · 22 points taken off
7 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Jul 2, 2025
At the routine inspection on Jul 2, 2025. The latest visit, on Jul 9, 2025, was a follow-up inspection. No notes were taken at it.
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 2 to 15 points taken off. Gaku got more than most.
Compared with 9,600 Santa Clara County food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Gaku?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Hot food below 135°F K07How to fixFix it
- Equipment in poor repair K35How to fixFix it
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed K36How to fixFix it
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
We review Santa Clara County health data to make this report. We are not the County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health.
Visit them directly at deh.santaclaracounty.gov (opens the department's site) · How we review
For Gaku's team
Is this your place?
Welcome, Gaku. We'll walk through this together, one item at a time. To log the fixes, claim Gaku first; we check that you run it.
Your whole team can help. Each person gets one next step, and everyone can see what's done.
This is my place: claim GakuWe'll help you get every item done. You don't have to do it alone.
We know an inspection can feel heavy, especially when it's busy.
Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Hot food below 135°FThe county found: “FOUND THE TOFU IN THE REACH IN REFRIGERATOR AT 57F FOR OVER 4 HOURS. [CA] KEEP COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT 41F…”
First step: If food is out of range
Then the next one: Equipment in poor repair
Show what you did
Saying what you fixed, in your own words, builds trust. Families and regulars respect a kitchen that owns it and fixes it.
Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-301.15.
Try it yourself
Fix and log it: Hot food below 135°F
A practice run. Nothing is saved. Tap each step when it's done.
0 of 3 done
If food is out of range
Logged
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What people see now
Today, people see the department's words and nothing from you.
What people see after you fix and log it
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We fixed this the same day. Now our team logs it on their phones at open and close.
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What people see next
Under each item here, people see what you fixed, in your words.
Left alone, or fixed together
Left alone, the same items can come back at the next inspection. Fixed together, they're done.
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Inspections
From County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health · 2 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 6, 2026
The county lists no visits in the last 12 months.
Nice work, Gaku. At the follow-up seven days later, the county listed no items still open.
You cleared the re-check in seven days. We're proud of you.
Every visit
LatestJul 9, 2025Follow-up inspection
No notes were taken, but there was an interaction, likely addressing some or all of the prior report. No inspector comment was found. See the official report (opens the department's site) for more information.
This one: a follow-up inspection on Jul 9, 2025. A follow-up visit re-checks earlier items. The last routine inspection was Jul 2, 2025: 78 out of 100 (Green placard).
EarlierJul 2, 2025Routine inspection78 out of 100 (Green placard)
7 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
The department's words
K07 Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
FOUND THE TOFU IN THE REACH IN REFRIGERATOR AT 57F FOR OVER 4 HOURS. [CA] KEEP COLD POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT 41F OR BELOW. SEE VC&D NOTE: THE EGGS AND CAKES WERE TRANSFERED TO A WORKING REFRIGERATOR AS THE MANAGER STATES THEY WERE STORED IN THIS REFRIGERATOR FOR LESS THAN 2 HRS.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-501.16(A)(1)
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
If food is out of range
- Hot food below 135°F for less than 2 hours: reheat to 165°F.
- Cold food above 41°F for less than 2 hours: chill it right away.
- Unknown time or longer: throw it out.
Which foods need temperature control (TCS)
3 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide
Hot and cold holding
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Are you Gaku? Fix it
Not critical (6)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
K35 Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
FOUND THE REACH IN REFRIGERATOR UNABLE TO KEEP THE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT 41F OR BELOW. [CA] REPAIR THE REFRIGERATOR. THE LIDS OF THE WORKING CONTAINERS FOR THE SUGAR HAVE SAUCE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON THEM. [CA] CLEAN AND SANITIZE THE LIDS.
Food Code 4-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Are you Gaku? Fix it
Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed
The department's words
K36 Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use
FOUND A COUPLE OF STAINLESS STEEL BOWLS AND A WOODEN BOWL BEING USED AS SCOOPS FOR THE SUGAR, RICE AND FLOUR. [CA] USE FOOD GRADE WASHABLE SCOOPS WITH A HANDLE AND KEEP THE HANDLE OUTSIDE THE FOOD.
Food Code 4-901.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Utensils and dishes stored clean and dry
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Are you Gaku? Fix it
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K44 Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing
FOUND THE BACK DOOR OPEN. [CA] CLOSE THE DOOR TO PREVENT VERMIN FROM COMING INSIDE THE FACILITY. FOUND TRASH IN THE BACK OUTSIDE AREA OF THE RESTAURANT. [CA] REMOVE THE TRASH.
Food Code 6-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Are you Gaku? Fix it
The department's words
K06 Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessible
FOUND A COUPLE OF ICE PACKS INSIDE THE HAND WASH SINK AND A SEWER DECLOGGER MACHINE STORED IN FRONT OF THE HAND WASH SINK NEAR THE BACK DOOR. [CA] KEEP THE HAND WASH SINK ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. TAKE HOME EQUIPMENT THAT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE FUNCTION OF THE RESTAURANT.
Food Code 5-205.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Hand sinks are for hands only
- Wash only at a handwashing sink.
- Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
- Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.
From Food Code 2-301.15
Soap and hand sanitizer
4 more steps in the full guide Read the free guide
Handwashing
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Signs posted; last inspection report available
The department's words
K47 Signs posted; last inspection report available
FOUND NO HAND WASH SIGN AT THE HAND WASH SINK BY THE BACK DOOR. [CA] PROVIDE A HAND WASH SIGN.
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Sewage or wastewater not disposed of right
The department's words
K22 Sewage and wastewater properly disposed
FOUND A COUPLE OF WATER PUDDLES ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE BACK DOOR. [CA] REMOVE THE PUDDLES OF WATER.
Source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
As a customer of Gaku, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Hot food below 135°F Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Utensils or dishes stored wet or unwashed In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
- Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
Call Gaku
Ask for the manager. Gaku can only fix what it knows about.
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
About this record
Opens the county's own page for this place.
Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Santa Clara County takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
The county posts a green, yellow or red placard after each inspection, and gives routine inspections a score. In the county's data, a routine inspection with no violations listed scored 100, and the score drops as violations are found. The county's page does not say which scores or findings give each color: ask the department.
- Inspection type
- Follow-up inspection
- Result
- Green placard
- Source
- County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
This is not an official ranking or grade. See the official source: County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health (opens the department's site) .
Information on this page may be out of date. Check the original source to confirm.